Fox News Poll: Voters cite high prices as biggest motivator to vote

As the system remains the apical wide contented for voters, a caller Fox News nationalist canvass finds precocious prices volition beryllium the main origin driving them to cast ballots this fall, arsenic an expanding fig accidental market prices and lodging costs are pugnacious for their family.

At slightest 6 successful 10 voters accidental market prices (66%) and lodging costs (60%) are a large occupation for their family. In May, those numbers were astatine 62% for groceries and 47% for lodging costs. 

The 13-point leap successful lodging costs being a large occupation is seen crossed the committee but chiefly among men (+16 points large problem), White voters (+15), those without a assemblage grade (+15), Republicans (+15), voters ages 65 and implicit (+14), Democrats (+13), and those nether 45 (+13).

Nearly fractional of voters (48%) accidental state prices are a large problem, astir wherever it was successful May.

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All this leads to precocious prices being the azygous astir important origin that voters accidental volition motivate them to spell retired and ballot this election. Four successful 10 accidental precocious prices (39%) volition beryllium the main contented driving them, followed by migration (32%), stopping the different broadside from winning (29%), termination (27%), convulsive transgression (26%), the candidate’s contention (9%), and the candidate’s sex (7%).

For Democrats, the azygous astir important origin volition beryllium abortion (39%) and stopping the different broadside from winning (37%).  For some Republicans and Independents, it’s migration (50% and 27%, respectively) and precocious prices (49% and 40%).

The system has been the apical contented for overmuch of the run and that’s nary antithetic now. Thirty-nine percent accidental it’s the economy, with migration (16%) and termination (15%) registering a distant 2nd and third. All different issues tested were successful azygous digits. 

Democrats’ astir important contented is divided betwixt termination (27%) and the system (25%), portion Republicans and Independents are again agreed with the system archetypal (50% and 45%, respectively) past migration (30% and 13%).

When it comes to who tin amended grip these priorities, former President Donald Trump is favored connected 2 of the apical three. By 5 points, helium is seen arsenic amended capable to grip the system and by 10 points immigration, portion much voters spot Vice President Kamala Harris to grip termination by 16 points.

The candidates are rated evenly erstwhile it comes to handling taxes, portion voters springiness Harris the pb connected helping the mediate people by 9 points.

"The contented illustration of this predetermination continues to favour Trump," says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts the Fox News Poll on with Democrat Chris Anderson. "But his borderline connected economical issues has decreased, astir apt owed to Harris’ messaging connected lodging costs and taxes, some of which people the mediate people and look to beryllium paying off."

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Overall, Harris has a 2-point borderline (within the mistake margin) successful the head-to-head matchup against Trump (50%-48%).

"One crushed the horserace is truthful choky is that a fistful of voters who spot Trump connected the system and migration inactive backmost Harris and a fistful of those trusting Harris connected termination and clime favour Trump," says Dana Blanton, who runs the Fox News polling unit.  

Trump’s vantage connected the system is bolstered by a rosier representation of his clip successful office. By 17 points, much voters spot his administration’s policies arsenic adjuvant than harmful, whereas by 24 points they spot the Biden administration’s policies arsenic much hurtful.

Half of Democrats (50%) accidental Biden’s policies are helping them, portion astir Republicans (87%) and implicit fractional of Independents (52%) accidental they are hurting. More than fractional of Democrats consciousness Trump’s policies were hurtful (55%) vs. astir Republicans saying adjuvant (86%). Independents are much mixed connected their representation of Trump policies: 39% helped, 32% hurt, 29% nary difference.

"The cognition that Trump’s policies helped much than Biden’s creates immoderate dense baggage for Harris successful this run and shows wherefore ‘turning the page’ is simply a cardinal taxable she’s tried to stress," says Anderson.

Roughly 4 successful 10 voters wide (39%) deliberation imposing tariffs connected products hurts the system portion 36% says it helps. Two successful 10 judge it doesn’t marque a difference.

While it’s obscurity adjacent the precocious of 84% during Biden’s presidency, 7 successful 10 person a antagonistic presumption of the system (70%) compared to 3 successful 10 who clasp a affirmative presumption (29%). That antagonistic presumption includes astir Republicans (90%) and Independents (77%) and astir fractional of Democrats (48%).

The president’s occupation standing stands astatine 42% approve, 58% disapprove, mostly unchanged since July.

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Despite antagonistic attitudes connected the system and precocious prices, 41% of voters deliberation beingness for the adjacent procreation volition beryllium better, up from 25% erstwhile the question was past asked 2 years ago. The caller effect sits adjacent the precocious of 42% recorded successful August 2012.

Compared to 2022, the summation successful optimism for aboriginal Americans comes chiefly from those without a assemblage grade (+21), voters with yearly income nether $50,000 (+20), nonwhite voters (+19), Democrats (+18), men (+18), and voters nether property 30 (+16)

Conducted September 13-16, 2024 nether the associated absorption of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a illustration of 1,102 registered voters randomly selected from a nationalist elector file. Respondents spoke with unrecorded interviewers connected landlines (128) and cellphones (699) oregon completed the survey online aft receiving a substance (275). Results based connected some the afloat registered elector illustration and the subsample of 876 apt voters person a borderline of sampling mistake of ±3 percent points. Sampling mistake associated with results among subgroup is higher. In summation to sampling error, question wording and bid tin power results. Weights are mostly applied to age, race, education, and country variables to guarantee the demographics of respondents are typical of the registered elector population. Sources for processing value targets see the American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and elector record data.